English Pressed Glass, 1830-1900

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Includes much about individual firms and their products. The chapters are: 1] 'Early history' - 'Glass for the people' / 'Origins of the trade' / 'Process of pressing glass' / 'The first manufacturers'; 2] 'Manufacturers in the North East' - 'Sowerby's Ellison Glass Works Ltd [pp24-66]' / 'George Davidson & Co [pp66-85]' / 'Henry Greener & Co [pp85-102]' / 'Neville Glass Works [of Gateshead] [pp102-3] / 'W H Heppell & Co [of Newcastle] [pp103-6]' / 'Edward Moore & Co [of South Shields] [pp106-114]'; 3] 'Lancashire manufacturers' - 'John Derbyshire [pp115-20]' / 'Molineaux, Webb & Co [pp120-3]' / 'Burtles, Tate & Co [pp123-6]' / 'Minor manufacturers'. An appendix lists registration marks and trade marks but especially provides a schedule of design registrations arranged by date and giving name of manufacturer or registrar, 1842-1900 [pp136-98]